What was REALLY the reason Mcall cried in the ring that night?

[Guest]

He used to get emotional before fights, according to himself he did so because he was a mellow person and needed to change into a more aggressive mentality in order to be able to fight. Against Lewis he got overboard with it and couldn't control himself, probably because he was coming off drug rehab. The fight was also very frustrating for him with Lewis being cautious and McCall having to absorb big punches to force the fight, so he basically gave up trying.

McCall is a drug user but he has never really been a threat to anybody except inside the ring from what I've heard. You can see that he doesn't really have any kind of "killer instinct" in the ring, most of his knockouts were one punch KO's or his opponents folding, not him putting the finishing touch on it.

McCall used to cry before every fight. I've witnessed it first hand more than once live.

But the Lewis fight was strange because he cried in the ring, but he really did cry quite a bit throughout the years in his ring walks.

I watched him cry before a fight and knock guys out more than once.

The latest I saw this was 2005 at the United Center in Chicago.

[maverock]

McCall was/is a ******* and drug addict. He had no business being in the ring. Don King shoudl have been prosecuted for putting him in with Lennox that night.

That win is one of the worst wins in Lewis' careers. Shameful fight. Not Lewis fault, he just did his job, just the circumstances were shameful for boxing as a sport.